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+ | | birth_name = Angelo John Lewis | ||
+ | | birth_day = July 23, | ||
+ | | birth_year = 1839 | ||
+ | | birth_place = London <ref>Books at Brown, VOLUME XXXIV, 1987, ©1989 Brown University, Professor Hoffmann and his Modern Magic, page 80</ref> | ||
+ | | death_day = December 23, | ||
+ | | death_year = 1919 | ||
+ | | death_place = Bexhill, Sussex <ref>James - Haxton Correspondence No. 11 1964-1967, 15th April 1966, page 403</ref> | ||
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+ | '''Professor Louis Hoffmann''' (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919), born Angelo John Lewis in England, was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time. | ||
− | He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine that was later expanded into his book [[Modern Magic]]. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception. | + | == Biography == |
+ | He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine (Every Boy's Annual) that was later expanded into his book [[Modern Magic]]. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception. | ||
− | He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick. | + | He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, [[Conjurer Dick]] (1886). |
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+ | Another one is named The Haunted Hat. If someone knows when it was published... | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
− | *Modern Magic (1876) | + | * 48 articles first serialized in Routledge's ''Every Boy's Paper'' became [[Modern Magic]] in (1876)<ref>''Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic'' by [[H. Adrian Smith]] in [[Tops]], Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.</ref> |
− | * The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin ( | + | * [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator) |
− | * Drawing Room Conjuring (1887) | + | * [[Drawing Room Conjuring]] by L.P. (1887) (Translator) |
− | * | + | * [[Herrman's Tricks With Cards]](unauthorized, 1889) |
− | * | + | * [[Tricks With Cards]](1889) |
− | *King Koko | + | * [[More Magic]] (1890) |
− | *Magical Tidbits | + | * Puzzles Old and New (1893) |
+ | * Conjuring Tricks with Coins, Watches, Rings, and Handkerchiefs (ca. 1900) | ||
+ | * [[Later Magic]] (1903) | ||
+ | * [[King Koko]] (1904) | ||
+ | * [[Magical Tidbits]] (1911) | ||
+ | * [[Latest Magic]] (1918) | ||
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+ | {{References}} | ||
+ | * Photo [[Genii 1951 May]] | ||
+ | * The Sphinx, Vol. XXXVIII, No. Six, August 1939, Professor Louis Hoffmann's Centennial, Biograhy, page 155 | ||
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− | [[Category:Biographies | + | [[Category:Biographies]] |
+ | {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann,Louis}} |
Revision as of 14:16, 28 March 2014
Professor Hoffmann | |
Born | Angelo John Lewis July 23, 1839 London [1] |
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Died | December 23, 1919 (age 80) Bexhill, Sussex [2] |
Nationality | British |
Categories | Books by Professor Hoffmann |
Professor Louis Hoffmann (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919), born Angelo John Lewis in England, was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time.
Biography
He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine (Every Boy's Annual) that was later expanded into his book Modern Magic. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception.
He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick (1886).
Another one is named The Haunted Hat. If someone knows when it was published...
Books
- 48 articles first serialized in Routledge's Every Boy's Paper became Modern Magic in (1876)[3]
- The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator)
- Drawing Room Conjuring by L.P. (1887) (Translator)
- Herrman's Tricks With Cards(unauthorized, 1889)
- Tricks With Cards(1889)
- More Magic (1890)
- Puzzles Old and New (1893)
- Conjuring Tricks with Coins, Watches, Rings, and Handkerchiefs (ca. 1900)
- Later Magic (1903)
- King Koko (1904)
- Magical Tidbits (1911)
- Latest Magic (1918)
References
- ↑ Books at Brown, VOLUME XXXIV, 1987, ©1989 Brown University, Professor Hoffmann and his Modern Magic, page 80
- ↑ James - Haxton Correspondence No. 11 1964-1967, 15th April 1966, page 403
- ↑ Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic by H. Adrian Smith in Tops, Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.
- Photo Genii 1951 May
- The Sphinx, Vol. XXXVIII, No. Six, August 1939, Professor Louis Hoffmann's Centennial, Biograhy, page 155